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We have not hot or cold water pressure in our RV, a Grand Design 310GK fifth wheel. Our troubleshooting can help anyone with water pressure problems in their camper. We are happy to report this is an easy fix!
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Thank you.... thank you.... thank you.... We have the same problem in our 385GK.. I thought it might be a clogged nozzle but it was fine. I didn't know about the restrictor and now I do... Thank you again and happy belated birthday Liz..
Yay! We are so glad the video helped! Enjoy your Solitude and happy camping to you!
@@LizAmazing Just wanted to say I finally got around to fixing this. Trailer has been in storage all this time for several reasons but the other day I took the faucet apart just like you guys did and low and behold it's fixed. I had no idea that restrictor was there until I saw this video so thank you again for posting it.
@@rubydually You are so welcome, Tim! Glad our video helped. Feel free to share our video!
I appreciate you taking the time to help the rest of us out but my gosh, am I the only one who is freaked out about Paul's package that is in our face the whole video? Happy birthday Liz indeed!
LMFAO this absolutely crossed my mind. Many times. That being said, Liz, Paul (and Paul's package) definitely helped resolve the low water pressure issue in my RV kitchen island!
Happy Birthday Liz, its also my birthday I am 60 today and retired 6 months ago. My wife and I just purchased a 2021 Grand Design Solitude 310gk and a 2020 GMC Sierra Denali 3500 HD Dually. Our first rig and we went all in. You and Paul make very informative videos keep up the good work and be happy.
Happy birthday Greg, my birthday twin!!! Congrats on your retirement. We do love our 310GK. And now we very much look forward to meeting you on the road. Curious if our video tour helped all or in part with your decision? We are keeping track of how many for next time we talk to Grand Design.
No sorry Liz we found you and Paul after our purchase and I'm glad we did.
Ok, thanks. I did a video on my 260RD a year ago and can track 14 sales from that- wow! I need to get on their payroll. And it would be fun to meet up with you at a campground one day. Be safe.
Great video on how to troubleshoot water pressure!! Had no idea about the governor in the actual line - great advice. But what REALLY got us... the FRENCH PRESS coffee maker!!! The more we watch the more we find in common!!! YAY!!
Oh my gosh! Yes, Paul is SERIOUS about his coffee! We are in the middle of watching your video where you hit Jason with a box! Too funny and great job! Can't wait to meet!
😂🤣 that seems so long ago!! And can’t wait to have good coffee with Paul!!!
Thanks for breaking that all down to show the steps you went through to diagnose the problem. It was very helpful. Good choice on the pressure regulator also. We have a similar one. It's helpful to be able to dial in the correct pressure.
Happy birthday, Liz. Even if Paul is older than you, from where we're standing, you're both still kids. We are both 64 years old, so 58 seems youthful to us.😉
Thanks for the birthday wishes!! Nice to know that from some perspectives I'm still a kid. Heck, I ate ice cream all day so maybe I am.... Thanks again for your comment. We will see you in the next video!
I have the same water pressure regulator and it works beautifully!!
Happy birthday Liz. I turned 59 this past June and I don’t feel 59 (mentally🤣). I’m a single female and I take my travel trailer out every weekend. In the future I’ll be full timing it and I can’t wait!!
Hi Lori! So I am right behind you at 58. I feel great and glad to be fit and pain-free. I so enjoyed my solo year on the road and I bet you will, too. Paul and I look forward to meeting you on the road. And glad to hear you have that water pressure regulator, we are pleased with ours.
Again we chose Delta 4353-DST Linden, I would park next to a good hardware store or a real auto parts store. We needed a compression fitting to adapt the lines I want to say 3/8 compression to 3/8 pipe copper style just for the threads threw the ferrules and nuts away. Looks like you already have the ftgs. I throw all water line restrictors away.
Thanks so much for this. Paul wants it and hopes it comes in nickel finish. Sounds like you are more than a little familiar with water issues in your rig. Thanks again for the help!
Thank you so much for the video. Had just a drip coming out of my trailer and thought it was a leak but your video showed me just what the issue was. Awesome Job!
After having it apart to clean, run the water to flush any more deposits that may not have made it up that far in the line, then reassemble. Great video on the "how to" again.
Happy late birthday Liz.
Yes, run the water to flush. Thanks. And thank you for the birthday wishes. Here is another fix-it video, this time about our dimming lights: th-cam.com/video/5gjU54MfE0s/w-d-xo.html
I can't tell you how happy this made me!!! I have the same faucet and couldn't figure out where that darn restricter was... so many months of frustration and it was a 15 minute fix!!
Yay, Christina! What good news and thanks for sharing! Feel free to pass this video on if you belong to a group or share it anyway you wish. So glad it helped. Happy camping to you!
This video helped solve my problem 3 years after you posted it. So thank you very much!
Wow, thanks for letting us know, Dan! Happy travels!
Thank you for this video. Struggling all week with low sink pressure in my new little guy max . All I had to do was unscrew the sprayer and wiggle the screen around.. Bam! Instant pressure. I wonder if the regulator was stuck or a little clogged. I’m on the road so didn’t have time to take apart the faucet, which is my next step. I’m sure there is buildup.
Couldn’t have made it without you. Grateful
Yay, that's so awesome, thanks Susan! Feel free to share this video if you are in an RV forum. Happy camping to you!
PAUL'S SAVE THE TRAVEL TRAILER AGAIN GOOD JOB N HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZ.
He has an excellent track record for fixing things, doesn't he? And thanks so much for the birthday wishes. It's been a good day!
😊 I just watched your video and that Was the problem I had. I pulled to faucet head off and turned on the water and problem solved. Now working like New. Thanks and keep up the Great work.
Oops, I pulled off the faucet head
Yay, so glad this worked. Feel free to share this video, and thanks for watching.
A little late but I had a New 2008 Discover America for 11 years that had a similar problem......those particles you dug out of the restrictor were from the water heater. I got an 3/4" 100 mesh brass Y-strainer and installed in the line coming out of the water heater....the bigger size has a bigger screen capacity...Even a whole hose water filter wouldn't have prevented that........never had another problem.
Oh my gosh, how smart! I will tell Paul!
Your videos have always been good, but they are really getting better and better every time. They are informative, paced correctly, and provide excellent resources as well. Keep it up. I hope you continue to increase your subscriber base as the channel is done really well.
Hi Mike, Thanks SO much for your kind words and praise. We are having fun making the videos and feel we must be doing something right since the channel is growing so fast. The best part is talking to the A-Team (the community of subscribers)- love hearing stories and learn SO much from you! Thanks again for your support!
so the lesson is, start at the other end!
Yep! Paul is very thorough and wanted to rule out everything on the way. Hope this video saves you time if you ever have low water pressure in your RV.
We had low water pressure as well. We cleaned out our faucets it looked like yours but still low pressure, we found it was a kinked hose coming from the water tank to the pump. Great video guys
Thank you! Glad you found your problem. There's always something right? Thanks for watching and for your comment. Happy travels.
Happy Birthday Liz! Sometimes the campground you are at sabotages your water supply as what happened to us once. They had a broken main which they repaired but never flushed the lines afterwards. All of the dirt that got into the line eventually made it to everyone’s camper. Our filter did not stop all of it so it caused havoc with our water system for some time. Safe travels and stay well.
Oh my goodness, Warren. Hadn't thought of that, but yes, very likely we will encounter that at some point in our travels. And thanks for the birthday wishes. See you on the road!
FYI guys, a water softener will stop that setiment fron building up.
Yes! We need to look into those. Thank you!!
I’ve added a water softener $350 I recharge it every month and back wash every 3 months. It’s worth the money to feel clean after a shower and limited hard water stains and keep the build up minimal
I think that's a great idea! Thank you very much. We are glad to have you on our team.
The water where i live has really bad calcium buildup. We regularly have to take the restrictor out regularly and clean if with vinegar. When we officially move out of our rv and buy another house, im gonna try and convince my wife to get a water softener.
That would make all the difference. Thanks for watching and feel free to share this video. See you in the next one.
Omg I’ve been dealing with this for months done pretty much the exact same thing as you except for the water restrictor. I’ve got the exact same faucet. Going to try it tomorrow.
Good luck! and thanks for watching.
Thank you so much but a lady doing this? The water does come out but I just wait two minutes and I have half a tub of hot water! but will check my forcet and see if i can clean it but to dig it out is a no-no for me!
Happy BirthdayLiz!!! I think your special ‘gift’ is Paul! He seems to come to the rescue every single time! Great info.!🙌🎉🎂🎈
He sure does! He's certainly everything I could ever hope for!!! And thanks for the birthday wishes, it was a great day. And we are both glad to have you with us- see you in the next video!
Liz Amazing ....looking forward to it! 💞
When we had water pressure issues the water filter was full. Well switch over to the pump if its too low
That's what we tried when we had problems with just the hot water pressure, to try and figure out what the problem was. It's definitely a good starting point. Thanks for your comment.
By mistake I found a hack for the water issue. Left my fresh water drain plugs off and turned water on, got all the air out of the system. Of course had to turn water back off, replace drain plugs. Worked great the rest of the weekend.
Sounds like a winner! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Wow!! Thumbs up for her hands and sparkly nails!!! What a difference from man hands. In the Sierras you will get white chunks of minerals in your water. Double filter.
Double filter! That's what we're doing right now. On it!
We have similar issue in our Grand Design 337. But while no water comes out of the kitchen faucet on city water, using pump it does.
Water makes all the way to the connection to the faucet. Stumped. Going to flush lines and try again.
Sounds like something with the Nautilus. I would check that there is not something clogging one of the inlets, and of course, that the levers are in the right direction. Best of luck!
Happy Birthday Liz, thanks for the good information. There is also plenty of good information about plumbing on the My Grand RV Forum.
Oh my gosh, I hadn't heard of that forum. We will check it out, thanks for the tip! And thanks so much for the birthday wishes. Glad to be living this life!
Happy Birthday Lizzie!! I had the same issue when my handyman installed a large double black sink in my kitchen last spring; he had to cut out a bigger hole to put the sink in; and when we first ran the faucet it pretty much just dribbled! I was SO upset; after all that effort of buying the sink having it shipped; measuring n finding a person to put it in (took me 3 months to locate someone that wouldnt charge too much) THEN the tap DRIBBLED! after a phone call to a plumber he then took the faucet apart and found piles of sawdust etc in the end nozzle which apparently is VERY common! so he took out the restricter mesh and voila! ample water no problem... ok now What kinda cake you getting?? i like black forest cake or fudge cake with rasperberry filling mmmm...and pizza.....
Hi Lauren! Pizza is a MUST and ice cream. My favorite cake is carrot cake and/or German Chocolate. Sitting here right now eating ice cream! Thanks for the birthday wishes and for sharing your faucet story. I had not heard anything like that with the sawdust. Glad they got it figured out. Thanks again!
@@LizAmazing apparently the companies that put together the faucet components are not known for air blasting the parts free of debris before they package them! i do like carrot cake also; the spicier the better; i like cloves n allspice; i put allspice in a couple of peach apple fruit cups, heat it up, add stevia and you have a warm spicy fruity sweet dessert for cold nights, wonderful stuff! I once made apricot compote from 30 lbs of apricots from a neighbors tree; no sugar etc; sealed it in jars and WOW was that stuff awesome warmed up on cold nights; i ate...no kidding here... ELEVEN QUARTS of it in TWO MONTHS!!
Oh my goodness! That sounds so yummy! I love apricots!!!
@@LizAmazing actually i dont like apricots; i find them too dry BUT stewed in a compote with water or apple juice n allspice they were AWESOME...
Often in any new construction, small pieces of material from cutting the lines will clog up your plumbing/faucets. Usually it’s a plumber is lazy to not clean the cut before assembly that makes it worse quicker.
We have heard that! Even with the black tank from the toilet cut out. Crazy!
We have had this exact problem on our 310. I was afraid it was hard to get the faucet apart but it looks pretty easy. Thanks for a great video. I’ll be working on this soon.
Yay! Glad we could help. Paul says it's two Phillips head screws on the jam nut and it will spin right off. We should probably post this on the 310 facebook page, but we want to be sensitive to not be "self-promoting." If you feel like posting it there or on the Solitude page, that's fine by us. And let us know how it goes when you take your faucet apart.
Just looked this issue up and caught your video. Thanks for recording!!! W've been going through theprocess if elimination also, and you may have just given us a shortcut! 👏🫱🫲
Awesome! Glad to hear this, Christine. Feel free to share this video.
Happy Birthday Liz🎈🎈🎈 Great job Paul on figuring out what the problem was, now we know what to look at if we have this problem!!
Hi Lisa! Thanks so much. I had a great birthday in Moab! And ate lots of ice cream!! Yes, Paul is definitely a keeper with all these minor/major problems we've been having with the RV. We love to hear from you and look forward to seeing you in the next video!
Thanks folks!
Thank you!
So funny. I was having the same problem. I had already replaced the cartridge and that didn't work, so I was looking up other possible solutions. I found the flow reducer and pulled it out (it's broken). The very next video was yours explaining my exact problem moments after getting everything put back together.
Oh wow, Paul is especially glad to hear this. We are happy it helped. Happy camping to you!
Thanks for the video it helped.. the moose knuckle was a little bit uncomfortable to see 😂
Thank you for watching, feel free to share!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Liz!!! How AMAZING!!!
Thanks so much! Life is good.
Happy Birthday Liz. You guys are so down to earth. Safe travels.
Thanks so much Michael! We will see you in the next video~!
Great information! I am sure it is a toss up on water at camp grounds. Happy belated birthday Liz! We are the same age ....... although I am a few monyhs older as I turned 58 in February. I am glad you are having a great time and that you and Paul found each other! 🎉🎈🎂🍷
Thanks Rosemary! So we are just six months apart, how cool. 1962 was a good year. Thanks so much for the birthday wishes and your kind words!
I’m having my city water is filling my fresh water tank so my check valve in the water pump is not stopping the water from going to the tank happy Birthday Liz
Thanks Brian!!!
Thank you so much. I have the exact same problem. I’ll be sure to try this
Hope it helps. Feel free to share this video if you belong to a Facebook group or forum, and thanks for watching.
it also might be time to check your anidoid rod in hot water tank
I like your thinking! Here is our video about exactly that! th-cam.com/video/pGZDrbdlmL4/w-d-xo.html
I like your shirt, Paul. Or should I say, Cpt. Tightpants. We named our MH Serenity - have decals on the back and by the entrance door, and even have a chrome firefly emblem on our hood.
Oh my gosh! That's awesome!
You might want to flush out your water heater
I run the On The Go water softener it removes all the calcium and magnesium
So we did that when we had the hot water issue back in May. Maybe we should do it again. We definitely do need some kind of sediment filter. I don't know anything about them. Is your On The Go considered one?
Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!!!!!!!
And thanks so much!
Happy birthday Liz!
Thanks so much! Headed for ice cream right now!!!
Thats crazy that sediment went through all the filters and screens that are before the water even gets to the system and reaches the sink in your new rig. Do you have a anode rod in your water heater? My '19 coachmen adrenaline says one is not needed but there is still a place to put one. Im just curious if it would help? Maybe try one and then try a ridiculously expensive filter system and let us know what works! Love u guys, i learn alot from you especially Liz. I was going to try and get a big trailer with my f150, but upgraded to an f250 after hearing her roll over story. My wife thinks im an RV expert! Lol
Good point about the filters. So now after thinking about this we think it must be hard water. We will probably need a water softener. And we do have an anode and check it. We show it in this video (boy they get gunked up quick!): th-cam.com/video/pGZDrbdlmL4/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for your kind words about the channel and am SO happy to hear my camper crash video did some good. Congrats on your F250!
Happy birthday Liz I hope you have a very wonderful blessed day sorry I haven't been on here in a while I've been doing a lot of canning I've been getting stuff put away just in case something would happen you never know. I hope you're having a blessed wherever you're at. Take care don't worry about the water pressure the one you got with you will fix it he is a very fixer upper he knows what he's doing God bless you both
Thanks so much Shelia! Yes, Paul is certainly VERY handy to have around! And so nice to hear from you. Happy canning!
We use a softener and I just installed an electronic device to stop any calcium deposits in the lines and we have no issues.
Also 3 filters before it enters the Rv
Wow. We may need to do that. Clearly we need to do something or that faucet will clog up again. Good to know there is an electronic device. Paul will be researching this for sure.
I just bought the electronic unit at Home Depot about 2 month ago and I noticed no more iron stains on the shower rails, will find a pic and send it or just the unit itself model itself.
Water softeners are really a must, was told over time that the minerals attach itself to the water lines and over time plug up everything .
Will look in the morning what it’s called and send it in the chat
Scaleblaster SB 75 at Home Depot
Thank you for this video! I was already to buy a new kitchen faucet due to low flow. Found both the faucet restrictor and the aerator were clogged with calcium deposits. Problem solved.
Yay! So glad to hear this Ron. Your comment put a smile on Paul's face.
Happy Bday Liz from Alberta
Thank you!
Great Job Paul the plumber...woot lol
Thanks so much! Paul is the man for sure!
Glad you found the problem and had the tools to fix it.
I know! Won the lottery with Paul, for sure !
As Paul mentioned at 7:10, definetely a water softener would help, they recommend putting it inline AFTER the water filter
We do need to learn about these. Do water softeners work the same as sediment filters? Are the sediment filters? And we didn't know about AFTER the water filter. So much to learn! Thanks~~
Hi! yes, water softeners remove sediment and do a lot more, specially around getting rid of hard water, which is water with mineral content too high. the one i use is the "on the go" brand and in their instructions is where they recommend putting it after the water filter. Reason for me to use is because we are most of the time in Florida which has a lot of hard water, if we were, say, in Oregon most of the time, i would not need it as much. What you guys showed in your faucet looks to me more like hard water residue than sediment. Hope that helps! and Happy Birthday Liz!
Hard water! Ok! Very helpful, thanks so much! Off to eat steak and ice cream now!
That much crud in the restrictor had to be in the system when the RV was built. The water filters would had trapped anything coming in from the outside. Water filters are like 20 micron or less depending on the filter.
That's a great point. And the more we think about it the more we are realizing that that crud was probably calcium. It could be hard water that is the problem. We are researching that now. Thanks for your comment!
I always run the park water for 60-90 seconds before hook into the RV. Also, besides the "pick tool", soak in apple cider vinegar. 🤠👍
Ooh good tip about the apple cider vinegar, that stuff is great for so many things. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Mine had a volume adjustment screw on the face of the aerator. Why, I have no clue. Silly ....Backed it out all the way and problem solved.
Yay, so glad to hear this, Billy. Thanks for letting us know!
Hi Liz, did you have a shut off under the sink in the island or anywhere on the trailer? We have NO water coming out of our 2018 forest river Salem Hemisphere hyperlite 29rlshl but have a ton of pressure from all our other faucets, outside kitchen, bathroom, shower etc. There was a shutoff on the outside sink so was this is making us wonder if there is one for the kitchen?!
I would check everywhere for a shutoff, Amy. Ask the people in the Facebook group or online forum for your make and model. There might be one hidden somewhere. Thanks for watching.
Hey you guys I just subscribed! I watched y’all’s vid on cleaning out the sink lines and I’m going to try it for a friend they have a Keystone Cougar and are loosing water pressure,hope this work!😁👍
Awesome, Jeremy! Let us know how it works out. And welcome to our channel! See you in the next video~!
Happy Birthday Liz and thank you for all of the informative & helpful videos you guys post .
Awww, thanks so much! It was a great day: ate lots of ice cream! And thanks for your kind words about the channel. We will see you in the next video!
I took my flow restricters off my faucets and shower head. I recently had very poor water pressure throughout the RV. Just had to replace my brass pressure regulator. Got it at Walmart.
I've used those and found them to be inconsistent in regulating the flow. I hope you got a good one, and maybe you did. If you find you have low pressure problems down the line, consider this regulator: amzn.to/3iqCSGZ
Happy birthday 🥳
Little late, I think this one played and I did not see.
Any who,
🥳many more miles and smiles🥳
Awww, thanks so much! If you haven't already, ring the bell to get a notification when our next video posts. Thanks for your well-wishes and kind words and we will see you in the next video!
Liz, I know you guys aren’t together anymore, but you just saved us from buying yet another kitchen faucet. We’ve been having flow problems on the cold water on the kitchen sink in our new trailer. We thought it was a problem with the cheap faucet that came with a new trailer so we bought a new one. After a couple of weeks we had the same problem. We contacted both ETrailer and American Brass who makes the faucet and neither of them were much help. I remembered watching this video and showed it to my husband. He agreed to check the lines for any restrictions as Paul showed. And sure enough, we had all kinds of junk in the line and the faucet. The trailer came with a water filter, but when my husband checked the filter, there was no sediment cartridge inside. He cleaned everything out and we bought a better sediment filter and spare cartridges and now the faucet works like new. Thanks for the informative video.
Wow, I'm so glad to hear this, Terri. Feel free to share this video. It's amazing how I continue to hear from folks how this helped them. I'll be sure to pass your comment on to Paul. Thanks for watching and happy travels.
If I have pressure problems, I come of city water and fill my fresh water tank. Turn pump on .
Great information thanks for sharing! We have not had a water pressure issue in our Solitude but maybe in good time 😆 ~Renee and Kyle
Gosh, I hope not, but at least you will know what to do!!! And glad to hear from you again Renee & Kyle! Hope you are enjoying your Solitude. Paul and I look forward to meeting you on the road someday, perhaps this winter? We will be in Arizona and California probably. You?
@@LizAmazing We are actually heading East for the winter to spend the holidays with family. Yes, we would absolutely love to meet up with you guys soon though! :) Stay safe - Kyle and Renee
Happy Birthday Liz,great video guys,thanks for the tips!
Hi Don! Thanks so much for your comment! We are glad to have our RV faucet fixed. And thanks for the birthday wishes. It's been such a good day!
Hello...did you guys do a video on a leaky kitchen faucet?
No we didn't. We did one on mysterious low hot water pressure. Check that out here: th-cam.com/video/pGZDrbdlmL4/w-d-xo.html
I found, with the 310GK I just unloaded, the tap goes from 1/2 to 1/4 . Had to replace the factory tap with a different one that was all 1/2". Had pressure then. Just another example of Grand Design junk.
I just asked Paul and he said all faucets are like that, that the last run on most faucets goes to 1/4.
You guys are great 👍 keep the videos coming!!!
Happy Birthday, Liz, amazing!
Awww, thank you so much! Hope to see you on the road.
Do you use a filter at the service hook-up before it goes into the trailer ? If so what do you use ? I notice most campgrounds are on deep well water system with a pressure tank. Especially outside of major city limits.
Yes, campground water can be the worst! We have two different kind of water filters. And then the water we drink is filtered by a third one. I don't know the names/kinds so I'll have Paul answer this one later today. Thanks again for watching!
Paul says we are using a whole house system that comes with the 310GK. Thanks again.
Does anyone know the name brand or serial number for this faucet? I got the restricter out and cleaned and it fixed it. But the switch on the neck that goes from stream to jets is messing up still. It sprays the jets perfectly but the stream setting is lacking pressure.
Hi Jack. I do not know but if you call Grand Design they should be able to help you.
I have the same problem. But it is all through the RV. And I don't even have a filter.
Oh gosh. It happens and you have to just trouble shoot backwards. Best of luck.
Ohio Birthday Wishes for Liz! We hope you had a great day!
Thanks so much to you in Ohio! I've been having a great day! Glad to have you with us for our travels!
Thanks for this video, as our kitchen seems to have much less pressure than the other 2 sinks we have in our coach. 'If'...like you do, you have 2 filters, as well as a pressure regulator....why in the world would they add another water restriction at the kitchen sink? You yourself, can lower the pressure by turning down that pressure at the tap...so you most certainly don't need that restrictor at the kitchen sink area! Honestly, since all have 'taps' for how much pressure we want, and you have a pressure regulator there needs to be no restrictors in my opinion anyway! It may be there for 'saving water'....but that should be up to the owner of the RV, not those building them and deciding for you. I do also find it odd, that you're restrictor was plugged up, when in fact it's only a few months old, as our coach is now 12 years old, and it's just now starting to slow down. At any rate, I appreciate you two bringing up this topic, as you always have very informative video's, and your articulate conversation on the topics makes for us wanting to hear more about the topic. Stay safe you two!
Yeah, we agree. Apparently all faucets come with two restrictors. Don't know for sure.
We experimented with taking both restrictors out and found that the water splattered too much over the sink. Couldn't keep the water volume reasonable in the sink. So we kept the one in the middle (the one shown clogged in the video) and removed the one at the end and it works fine.
We are now thinking it was not sediment but calcium causing that clog. We travel so who knows where we got that hard water! So now we need a water softener!
Thank you so much! With your help, I was able to fix my sink water pressure!!!
Yay! So glad to hear. Paul says glad I could be of assistance.
Way to take care of that cast iron Paul and Happy Birthday LIZ !!!
Thanks! Paul cooked homemade hashbrowns in it for my birthday.
We finally did a video about Paul's famous hashbrowns: th-cam.com/video/BUYIo6AVwuU/w-d-xo.html
Than you so much!! You saved my bacon! Sub'd!
Whoo-hoo! Glad to here this video helped, feel free to share it if you want. And WELCOME to our channel!!!
First off....happy birthday 🎂 🥳..2nd...Paul is doing a great job....glad you guys got it done...it is kinda common....thank goodness you know how and were to look...still working on our truck getting it ready..hope to have everything done by December...stay safe...take care..J&A
Hi! Agreed- Paul IS doing a great job!! thanks for your comment, we love hearing from you. Happy planning and reno-ing!
Great video! Happy Birthday LIZ. 🎂
Thanks so much Elizabeth! It was great-- I ate lots of ice cream!!!
I hope you had a very happy birthday, Liz!
Hi Piper! I sure did. I ate ice cream, went for a bike ride, ate more ice cream...it was good!
Happy Birthday Paul! I hope Liz did the dishes on your day. :)
It was my birthday so Paul did the dishes-- as usual! He actually is dismayed sometimes when I wash the dishes. I swear, I won the lottery with him!
Paul sounds like a plumber to me! Handy guys can just fix things - even if they don't have specific knowledge of a system. Jerry builds model trains and layouts, so he understands wiring systems and is good with electricity and building tools in general, but he just osmotically understands plumbing and things. He can look at something that baffles me and see what needs to be done.
Happy birthday! You're both younger than I am. :-))
Re-washing dishes inside, I think I'll stick to the camping method, just doing a once over outside at the faucet. That's served me well for decades. I have never - in three RVs - done dishes inside. But we just go away for a week or three. That's a whole different ball of wax than actually living in the thing and trying to have a semblance of a normal life. But if I'd been indoors in Golden BC washing dishes instead of at the spigot, I would've missed the big black bear that lumbered through the campsite about 8 feet behind me. Highlight of the trip!
Oh my gosh! Yes, faucet washing has it's advantages for sure. For us that would also be not filling up our gray tank. Glad that big black bear didn't mess with you!!! And we cannot wait to explore Canada, especially BC. Truly so much to see!
Thanks so much for the birthday wishes, has truly been a wonderful day.
So are you on the road? Did you get out camping? We sure hope so and that you are away from all that smoke.
Yes, Paul has that same mentality where he can just figure things out. He makes me laugh because he will just stare at something and wonder how it comes apart. As in...our fireplace! I'm like, leave it alone- don't mess with it! :-)
Liz Amazing No, still housebound. It's been so hot and so smoky that we really don't know where to go. And I always have this feeling that maybe we should be near here in case we need to load up the vehicles and evacuate. It's not that we're in a super high fire zone but it's all a fire zone. People in Santa Rosa subdivisions didn't feel like they were in a fire zone, either. Coffey Park, a basic flatlands tract, was totally wiped out.
When we lived in the Oakland hills in the '90s, we were only 1 mile along the ridgeline from where the big Oct, 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm stopped. It took out 3000 homes within a 5-15 minute drive of us. So far the AQI has been under 200. If it got any higher, I think we would leave and try to drive into Nevada to Great Basin. But heading north doesn't seem practical with the fires up there and the heat. It's been in the 100° range a lot. Nowhere south of us for a long ways that isn't hot and smoky. We're trying to decide where to go and thinking maybe we'll shoot for next week. But if it's really hot out there, there's really no point in going anywhere just to hole up in a cramped B van when we can sit around in a roomy air-conditioned condo.
The bear is another story. I was busy washing my dishes under the faucet when from a couple of camping rows away I heard someone say calmly but with urgency "there's a bear behind you". I thought it was kids goofing around, there had been some teenagers or college kids horsing around out there earlier. And it was about two rows away. But I stood up and turned around and there is this hulking bear lumbering right behind me through our site. The water was running and I didn't hear him at all. I've watched enough nature shows that I know that you can't outrun a beer, and I know that what you're supposed to do if you're attacked is drop, cover your head and neck and play dead, which is totally non-intuitive. But I thought, "I can do that". But he just kept lumbering through, so I pretended like I hadn't even noticed him and just ambled into our little A-frame trailer, knowing full well that it provided next to zero protection if he decided to rip his way in. And then I said, "Jerry Jerry there's a bear outside!" And we cracked the door and watched through a slit as he got to the end of the site, turned around, stood his full height of, I don't know, 8 feet? and went up and down up and down scratching his back on the tree. Straight out of Central Casting! Then he lumbered on. I found out later that he was heading for the dumpsters. A been-there-done-that kind of bear... (unfortunately it was nearly dark, so I couldn't get a picture. Black bear against dark tree. Now, with my iPhone 11 Pro camera, I could have, but the old 6 was terrible at lowlight pictures. I probably should've tried anyway, but I didn't.)
Trish Benedict love your stories Trish. Just so happens am heading to Golden in 24 hrs.
Happy belated Liz. Cheers 🍻
Spykers B. There is a municipal park for camping in Golden. It's right along the river and is very pleasant. And if you happen to be a train fan, the main line runs right across the river from the campground. That made my husband very happy. :)
@Trish Great story about the bear! Paul and I look forward to trading stories around the campfire someday. And can totally understand your travel dilemma!
Immediately had pressure. The filter system was clogged
I always wash dishes before eating. I don't want to go back afterwards to clean up. My husband is the exact opposite. Almost 26 years of marriage and it's still a little bit contentious. 😁
So Paul is not the only one! I don't want my food to get cold so I'm like, hurry up! Let's eat!
Happy Birthday Liz! Enjoy your day!🎂🎂
Thanks so much, Carol! Spent it eating ice cream!!!
Happy Birthday Liz!! 58 is a good age.
So far so good. And thanks so much for the birthday wishes!
Thanks for a great video. Happy Belated Birthday Liz from Göran & Susan in Sweden!
Hello to you in Sweden! Thanks so much! We look forward to seeing you in the next video! And it was ice cream all day on my birthday!!!
Happy 🎂 🎉 🎈 🎶 Birthday Liz..... I turned 58 on September 28th....
Oh my gosh, we are birthday cousins! I hope your birthday was fabulous! I'm loving 58 so far!!!
Happy Belated Birthday Liz, since I’m catching up after finding your channel. 🎶🎵🎶🎉🎶🎵🎶🎵
Awww, thanks Bonnie! And welcome to the channel!!
Good to know. It looks like mineral deposit build up. Do you know what your filter sizes are? I use a 5 micron into a .5 micron filter. Although not perfect, it seems to filter a good portion of mineral sediment before it gets into the trailer water lines. Happy birthday.
Hi Road Hog! Paul says ours are 5 micron. The problem with some of those is the water goes through a pinhole and they can drastically reduce water pressure. We do need some kind of filter for the minerals though.
Thank you!!! You saved our trip
You are so welcome! Happy camping!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZ ,YOU LOOK AMAZING ,and so does you partner 👍👍🙏😁😍😍😍You look great together 😁😁
Awww, thanks so much Richard! Life is very sweet right now.
Wait, It’s Liz’s birthday? Didn’t Paul just have a birthday? Happy Birthday Liz!
Yes, my birthday. His is next month. Thanks! We were just talking about you today. Can't wait to see you in April!
Happy Birthday Liz! Love your videos.
Hi Honey, thanks so much. We love having you with us as we travel. See you in the next video!
Happy Birthday Liz!!! I can personally vouch for 59! 😂
Yay, Eileen! Thanks for paving the way!
Have a happy happy happy birthday Liz. You look very good for your age. Must be the good living your doing. Again, have a very happy birthday and also great video, easy fix. 🚴♀️🥳
Awww, thanks so much. You are so sweet! Yes, RV life certainly agrees with me. Thanks so much for your kind words. We love hearing from you and having you with us on our travels.
6:02. "Usually there's a restrictor in the line somewhere."
Why?
Paul says, you'd find if you removed all the restrictors, you'd have way too much head pressure. When we removed ours we couldn't keep the water in the sink.
@@LizAmazing Interesting -- I didn't know that. Thanks for the info! :-)